President Harry S. Truman's address before the Greater Los Angeles Press Club. The President spoke at 1:30 p.m. at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. In his opening words he referred to Joseph Short, President of the National Press Club, Goodwin J. Knight, Lt. Governor of California, and Fletcher Bowton, Mayor of Los Angeles.
An interview with Senator Harry S. Truman regarding the proposed Presidential order returning the Civil Aeronautics Authority to the Department of Commerce. He opposed this. The reporter is unknown.
Senator Harry S. Truman Radio Interview with Jimmy Mack on National Defense, December 14, 1939, from the U.S. Capitol. Truman had just returned on a tour of the Americas to inspect Army posts. He was asked to comment on the various aspects of the National Defense.
Radio Interview of former president Harry S. Truman regarding the United Nations. "U.N. in Action."
President Harry S. Truman was on a whistlestop tour of the West when he stopped in Coulee City, Washington to speak at the dedication of the Grand Coulee Dam. The President spoke at 11:15 a.m. at Mead Circle in Coulee City after an introduction by Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington. In the course of his remarks he referred to Governor Arthur B. Langlie of Washington.
President Harry S. Truman's foreign policy address at the dedication of a George Washington statue. The President spoke at 3 p.m. at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Va. The statue of George Washington was the work of Bryant Baker of New York City. The president was introduced by Enoch D. Flowers, Grand Master of Masons in Virginia. After the speech, there is a brief ad for Savings Bond and a brief bit of big band music on "Treasury Bandstand."
President Harry S. Truman's address on foreign policy at the luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The President spoke at 2 p.m. at the Hotel Statler in Washington. His opening words "Mr. Chairman" referred to B. M. McKelway of the Washington Star, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In the course of his remarks he referred to Mark Ethridge, publisher of the Louisville Times and the Louisville Courier-Journal, Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, and Dr.
President Harry S. Truman's address before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The President spoke at 8:45 p.m. in Constitution Hall in Washington. His opening words "Mr. President" referred to Edmund W. Sinnott, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.
Harry S. Truman presents the third of a series of William Radner Lectures at Columbia University, New York, New York. The subject is witch-hunting and hysteria in the United States (examples are Salem Witch Trials, Alien-Sedition Act, Joseph McCarthy). Lindsay Rogers, Burgess Professor of Public Law, presided and moderated the discussion between student panelists and the former President after the lecture. Dean John G. Palfrey of Columbia College closed the series. Reel 1 contains opening remarks and the lecture by former President Truman; reel 2 contains the discussion.
Harry S. Truman presents the first of a series of William Radner Lectures at Columbia University in New York, New York. John G. Palfrey, Dean of Columbia College, presided. Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University, extended the university's welcome to former President Truman. Reel 1 contains the opening remarks and the lecture, which explains the six jobs of the president. Reel 2 contains the discussion which followed the lecture. The subject is the Presidency of the United States. In two parts.